EP 79: The Murder of Gianni Versace

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing the murder of Gianni Versace, a world-renowned fashion designer that would go on to quite literally revolutionize the fashion industry. He was shot and killed on the steps of his mansion in Miami Beach when he was only fifty years old by what is known as a spree killer, Andrew Cunanan.

In the spring and summer of 1997, Cunanan, who had never had a criminal record before, would go on a killing spree, killing five people over the course of only three months. But why would Versace be one of Cunanan’s unfortunate targets, you might ask? Well, despite the fact that the Versace family has denied for nearly twenty-five years that there was any connection between Versace and Cunanan and that it was just a random murder, there may be evidence that shows that the two had met before Versace’s tragic death.

We will be doing a deep dive into Versace, Cunanan, and the overwhelming mark they each left on the world, this week on Hashtag History.

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